Technological_Burger@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoPrinter driver not found!i.imgur.comimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imagePrinter driver not found!i.imgur.comTechnological_Burger@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThere’s a reason for that. It’s so your printer can still print the secret tracking dots on every printout.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code Edit: don’t use a common ordinary printer when doing naughty things.
minus-squarelemmyshmemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down7·2 years agoFascinating. It’s only for laser printers, but the real interesting bit is that they did it for 20 years before it was public knowledge.
There’s a reason for that. It’s so your printer can still print the secret tracking dots on every printout.
Uhh… wut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code
Edit: don’t use a common ordinary printer when doing naughty things.
Fascinating. It’s only for laser printers, but the real interesting bit is that they did it for 20 years before it was public knowledge.